Improvement in washing-machines



W, W. SIBLLICK 8L J. YOUNG.

Washing-Machine'.

Patented Sept. 24,1878.

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UNITED STATES f PATENT OEEICE.

VELLINGTON lV. SELLICK AND JOHN YOUNG, OF HASTINGS, NEBRASKA.

IMPROVEMENT |N WASHING-MACHINES.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,340, dated September24, 1878; application filed November 3, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WELLINGTON W. SEL- VLICK and JOHN YOUNG, of thecity of Hastings, in the county of Adams and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and wedo hereby declare that the following is a a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to washing-machines; and consists in certainimprovements in the construction of the same and novel combination ofparts, as hereinafter shown and described.

The accompanying drawing, forming a part of this speciication,represents a vertical section of a washing-machine having ourimprovcments.

In our construction an upright dasher is used and operated in the centerof the tub by means of a hand-lever connecting with the statt' of thedasher. The lower part of the staff is made hollow, and has a doubledasher attached thereto, the two parts of the dasher having vsomewhatthe appearance of inverted tunnels, and being fixed to a tube attachedto the lower end of the statt, said tube extending down somewhat belowthe point of connection with the other parts. At the lower end of thistube is placed a small dasher, the same being funnel-shaped and securedto the tube above by a connecting-spring, so as to give the small dashera vibratory or oscillating motion during the opera-tion of the machine.

The hollow part of the staff just above the dasher has an air-hole, andis constructed to hold a ball -valve, by which the passage through isopened and closed during the operation.

A designates the tub or body of the machine, and B the standard, towhich is coupled a hand-lever, C, connecting with the uprightdasher-staff D, as shown. The lower part of the staff D is tubular, andis constructed to hold a ball-valve, c, by which the passage formed isopened or closed as the dasher moves up and down.

E is a tube attached to the lower end of the sta" D, the funnel-shapedor flaring parts F and F being arranged one within the other and xed tosaid tube, as shown in the drawing. The inner part, F, is perforated toallow the passage of water.

- At the lower end of the tube E, and under the main dasher, is placed asmall dasher, G, the same being also funnel-shaped and partly tubular,so as to extend into or enter the tube E, with which it is connected bymeans of a spiral spring, to allow it a yielding or vibratory motion asthe dasher moves up and down or comes in contact with the contents ofthe tub. v

The valve c opens upward when the dasher makes its downward stroke, thesmall dasher, G, being pressed upward and the air escaping through thevent a, so that the air is nearly exhausted from the tube E.

Immediately as the upward movement of the staff D begins the valve ccloses, and the exhaustion of air thus caused produces a suc-` tion ofthe clothes, and in connection with small dasher G'elevates the clothesin such manner as to permit their being impelled by the next downwardstroke of the dasher against the bottom of the tub.

The tub has usually an additional bottom, H, with perforations h, thesame being removable and supported a little above the bottom I.

The construction of the clothes pounder and washer of G. L. Fisher,patented July 24, 1877, No. 193,499, which we disclaim, di'ers from ourinvention, since he employs a spiral spring in connection with the shaftor main stem to accomplish the intended purpose. S. Hiukels patent ofApril 22, 1873, N o. 138,024, depends for its operation upon a leathervalve; and the patent of D. A. B. Baily and C. F. Dean of April 21,1874, No. 149,970, although depending for success upon a ball-valve, isconstructed with a flaring rim, In testimony that we claim the foregoingas without springs or other equivalent means of our own We hereunto aixour signatures in producing the requisite suction or elasticity;presence of two witnesses.

hence We disclaim these inventions.

We claim- WELLINGTON W. SELLIOK. The dashers F, F', and G, with spiralspring JOHN YOUNG.

e, in combination with tubular stai D, provided with ball-valve c andaperture a, sub- Witnesses:

stantially as shown7 and for the purpose de- L. B. PALMER,

scribed. ROBERT B. WILLIAMS.

